Doug Davis wrote:#3. Despite everyone being all googoo over producing the most bitter undrinkable hops overloaded swill imaginable, think liquefied Vegemite, there are other branches to the craft beer family tree. Hefeweizens and Wit beers arent just for summer you know? If you are going to dabble into the craft beer arena have a selection of one or two from each branch of the beer family tree. A hefe and a wit. A porter. A stout or two. One or two nice ales. And yes even an IPA or eight.
But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's, is like selling twenty Cabernets, but no whites or anything else, and thinking you have a good wine list. You dont.
Doug Davis wrote:But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's
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Doug Davis wrote:#1. If you dont realize it by now (and you should) your beer selection is as important as your wine selection.
Doug Davis wrote:#3. Despite everyone being all googoo over producing the most bitter undrinkable hops overloaded swill imaginable, think liquefied Vegemite, there are other branches to the craft beer family tree. Hefeweizens and Wit beers arent just for summer you know? If you are going to dabble into the craft beer arena have a selection of one or two from each branch of the beer family tree. A hefe and a wit. A porter. A stout or two. One or two nice ales. And yes even an IPA or eight.
But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's, is like selling twenty Cabernets, but no whites or anything else, and thinking you have a good wine list. You dont.
Doug Davis wrote:#4. Beer selection is so important these days, that should I walk in and be told you have nothing but bud or bud light or a wonderful choice of Michelob products, you could be serving golden mana from heaven able to enlarge my manhood and cure cancer while simultaneously solving the debt ceiling crisis, and I probably wont ever come back. Ever.
Doug Davis wrote:But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's, is like selling twenty Cabernets, but no whites or anything else, and thinking you have a good wine list. You dont.
Ken B wrote:... I can count on one hand the number of restaurants in this city that have well put together wine lists...
Jay M. wrote:Ken B wrote:... I can count on one hand the number of restaurants in this city that have well put together wine lists...
Would you name them (here or privately)? I'd like to compare your list of restaurants to mine.
Ken B wrote:....
JustinHammond wrote:Doug Davis wrote:But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's
Who is doing this? I'd like to pay them a visit.
Ryan Rogers wrote:Hi Doug,
I understand your dilemma and frustration, but I think there are a few things to take into consideration. Mass market swill outsells craft beer by a disgusting margin; therefore it makes sense for restaurants to stock said swill products that move.
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Ken B wrote:I would guess that you are trying to observe some decorum and not specifically call out the restaurant that let you down. But it actually might serve everyone better if you did. If the owner or manager is on the forum, they could have a discussion with you about why their beer selection is the way it is. The rest of us could get an idea if we're talking about burgers or white tablecloth, or something in between. It would put some perspective on what you're talking about, was it one place, or is this your experience over a number of different beer lists?
Doug Davis wrote:What is supposed to be an edgy local eatery who boasts about their beer list? Which in reality is just 20 IPA's? You are doing it wrong and need to try harder.
JustinHammond wrote:Doug Davis wrote:But selling 20 varieties of just IPA's
Who is doing this? I'd like to pay them a visit.
Ryan Rogers wrote:Hi Doug,
I understand your dilemma and frustration, but I think there are a few things to take into consideration. Mass market swill outsells craft beer by a disgusting margin; therefore it makes sense for restaurants to stock said swill products that move. It's a simple supply and demand issue, and holds true with a lot of craft beers as well, as a large number of "craft" beer drinkers are really just ipa drinkers.
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